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PRESTIGIA'TION, n. [L. proestigioe, tricks.] The playing of legerdemain tricks; ...
PRES'TIGES, n. [L. proestigioe.] Juggling tricks; impostures.
PRES'TER, n. [Gr. to kindle or inflame.] 1. A meteor thrown from the clouds with...
PRESTA'TION-MONEY, n. A sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons and other dignit...
PRESTA'TION, n. [L. proestatio.] Formerly, a payment of money; sometimes used fo...
PREST'-MONEY, n. Money paid to men impressed into the service.
PREST, sometimes used for pressed. [See Press .] PREST , a. [L. proesto, to stan...
PRESS'URE, n. [L. pressura.] The act of pressing or urging with force. 1. The ac...
PRESS'MAN, n. In printing, the man who manages the press and impresses the sheet...
PRESS'ITANT, a. Gravitating; heavy. [Not in use.]
PRES'SION, n. The act of pressing. but pressure is more generally used. 1. In th...
PRESS'INGLY, adv. With force or urgency; closely.
PRESS'ING, ppr. Urging with force or weight; squeezing; constraining; crowding; ...
PRESS'ER, n. One that presses.
PRESS'ED, pp. Urged by force or weight; constrained; distressed; crowded; embrac...
PRESS'-GANG, n. [press and gang.] A detachment of seamen under the command of an...